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Incidence in medical patients

What is incidence of PTSD in medical patients?

The incidence of PTSD refers to how many new cases there are per population in a specified time-period after exposure to a traumatic event. It is different from prevalence, which represents how many overall cases exist. This topic presents the evidence on incidence rates in medical patients.

What is the evidence for the incidence of PTSD in medical patients?

Moderate quality evidence finds the incidence of PTSD after an organ transplant ranges from 10% at 7 months post-transplant to 17% at 3 years post-transplant.

Moderate to low quality evidence finds the incidence of PTSD after a cardiac arrest ranges from 19% at 9 months post-arrest to 27% at 45 months post-arrest.

August 2021

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Last updated at: 12:15 am, 9th October 2021
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